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Dmaivn
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 04:09 am: | 
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A question on rooting cut roses remind me of this rootgrafting technique which can be used in early Spring without a misting system. The cut flowers should be very fresh and the cuttings harvested from the bits thrown away after one recut and arrange the roses. Keep about 2 sets of leaves and reduce each set down to 4 leaves. Roots can be source from any existing rose bushes, say sorry to the bush and nip a thick root matching the diameter of the cut flower cuttings.
It's pretty much like what I posted before on this thread however don't use the cloth pins! There is a better way. Just align the root and rose scion on one side and tie with dental floss. Then use a piece of plastic tape to wrap the join to block water from getting in.
Plan them down at a cool spot at the foot of a wall next to little flower bushes that you would need to water daily.
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Dmaivn
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 12:25 pm: |
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dmaivn
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 01:29 am: |
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I experiment with a root grafting technique that I picked up on the Internet. The technique is quite simple and sumarised as follows
1- Pick a root from a rose plant or a rootstock that is suitable for the rose.
2- Pick a rose stem of about the same diameter or slightly bigger
3- Do a steep slant (30 degrees) cut on both root and stem with a very sharp rasor blade.
4- Match the two together aligning one side so that the cambium layers align. Then use a clipper for hanging clothes to clip the two together before inserting the root end into a sandy medium. Use some rooting hormone on the end of the root section if desired. The clipper will lay flat on the surface of the soil to keep the cutting firm.
5- Put the pot into a moist environment under intermittent water mist or plastic bag or a mini greenhouse
I follow this technique with a little more details of my own, and take a picture of what I have done.
a- I use bleach and anti-fungi to treat the cuttings and roots for about 20 minutes. This will kill the gems which will make them rot and may help to stop the fungi attack while they are in a 100% humidity environment
b- I use powder root hormone on the root end tip.
c- I use 100% sand and sit the plastic container inside a minigreen house. The green house has a plastic sheet lining at the bottom where I pour a little water in to make sure the humidity will be 100%. The green house is placed under strong florescent lights, 4 tubes (2 cool white and 2 aquarium growth light tubes)
I expect that when the they form the root union and start to grow, I will harden them slowly out of the 100% humidity environment, pot the up and bring them into natural light.
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Dao
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 12:55 am: |
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I have just done some more rootgrafting. This time I use dental floss to tie rather than the cloth pin to hold them together. It makes so much more sense.
I pull up a couple of Multiflora 8 months old bushes to harvest the roots. After a week they look very fresh in a pot with plastic bag on top. Probably I will know in 3 weeks time how good this crop is. This method promises so much but it's yet to be seen. No nurseries seem to use it!
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